Variety

1925. Germany. Directed by E. A. Dupont. With Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti, Warwick Ward. A condemned man tells the cautionary tale of how he abandoned his wife and child for a beautiful dancer, partnered with a famous acrobat in a circus act, and conceived a high-wire murder after discovering an affair between his lover and his partner. Silent. Approx. 75 min.

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